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Catalina hardly seeelse, so less serious

“I’m easy, huh?” she simpers “I’ve never been called that before”

A sudden lightness takes overCatalina’s teasing sh to push its way in front of all the coldness and all the darkness raging behindheart twitches alive just a little bit more I don’t stop it Not yet This is the rest I need before I have to plunge myself back under the icy surface of my mysteriously frozen-over lake

I feel my eyebrows ra

ise in a “Really? No one’s ever called you easy?” I tease, before squinting in faux-concentration “I think you’re forgetting how this all started”

A sudden flash of seriousness explodes behind Catalina’s big eyes Her nose twitches in a subtle but angry sneer “Yeah,” she practically hisses, suddenly not so playful anymore “You kidnapped me”

Her change in attitude doesn’t do e mine Even like this, Catalina is still a relative ray of sunshine inon a new role Now, I’m the one who needs to ease Catalina, instead of the other way around Luckily, I’ala, you approached me first”

Catalina huffs, sitting back in her chair and crossing her arms “If only I knew better”

“If only you weren’t so easy,” I tease

“You haven’t gotten anything out of me yet,” she immediately shoots back

If only she knew The distraction she’s providing ht now is invaluable

But her crossed arht, despite , I haven’t e that,” I tell her, lowering my voice an octave

Catalina rubs her arms, and I don’t hold back my mischievous smirk Her skin pimples with obvious arousal and I remember back to how hard her nipples hen I’d tied her up in the dungeon

Maybe I’ve been too busy and distracted to pounce on her yet, or maybe I just don’t feel any need to rush it She wantswith her and her expectations

A silent standoff consumes the unsteady air between us My eyes wander over Catalina’s body; I can sense her trying to stop herself fro the same to me